According to WTNH, staff members said a student at the school was being told he could no longer return there. The student's mother arrived to take him home and as he was leaving, he made a threat to return to the school in a manner similar to the tragedy at Sandy Hook.

Officers were immediately assigned to the school's two locations and police prepared a search warrant for the suspect and any weapons, WTNH reported.

James Patrick Ryan, 18, of 1181 South Ave., Stratford, was charged with second-degree threatening and second-degree breach of peace.

Bond was set at $25,000. He is scheduled to appear in court on Jan. 28.

The incident was the second time this week a student made a school shooting threat.

On Wednesday, the Bridgeport Police Department's SWAT team raided the home of a teenager after he allegedly posted threats on Facebook that he was going to shoot up Central High School. Detectives from the department's youth bureau obtained a search warrant for the youth's home and the SWAT team went to the home shortly after 10 p.m.

Police spokesman Bill Kaempffer said school authorities notified police that the youth, a student at Central, had posted on Facebook that he was going to kill fellow students and that he was serious. The 16-year-old, who was not identified because of his age, was taken into custody without incident. Police said no weapons were found in his home, and his address was not disclosed. The youth was charged with first-degree threatening and was turned over to juvenile authorities.

The threats came a little over a month after a gunman opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, killing 20 first-grade students and six school staff members.